AAMI
28th January '96
Jesus in Ahmadiyyat
Part IV ( f )
Jesus' Mother and Family Insulted
Mirza had not even spared Hazrat Bibi Maryam (Mary), the illustrious mother
of Jesus, the witness of whose
piety is Holy Quran, not even his grandmothers. Mirza launched these
assaults sometimes under the pretense of argument and debate and sometimes as concluding
remarks after commenting on Biblical issues.
Mirza adopted the most base and disgusting style of discourse. He justified
this meanness by making the accusation that Jesus also had a very abusive manner of
speech. Mirza thus departed from the clean and polite manners of communication
taught in Divine Revelations.
Following are the heartbreaking and disgaceful remarks Mirza made about
Jesus' family:
"The family of Jesus was perfectly holy and immaculate. Jesus' three
paternal and maternal grandmothers were fornicators and prostitutes, from whose blood the
body of Jesus came into existence."
(Zamima Anjam-e-Atham, Roohani Khazain vol 11 p.291)
It should be remembered that Jesus did not have a parental geneology like
other human beings. Thus the possibility of Jesus having paternal grandmothers does arise.
By saying that Jesus had paternal grandmothers Mirza is implying that Joseph was the biological father of Jesus,
hence this assertion of Mirza is tantamount
to a denial of the virgin birth as will also be demonstrated later in other
references.
"You may have tried to find a solution to the objection (raised)
about the Messiah's paternal and maternal granmothers. I am tired of thinking (of a
justification of this).
Up to now no nice solution has occurred to do me. What a glorious god he is
whose paternal and maternal grandmothers are of such repute!"
(Nur-al-Quran, Roohani Khazain, vol 9 p.394)
Mary's Pregancy Before Marriage
To disgrace Pious and Virgin Mary, Mirza writes:
"And Mary's eminence is such that she put off her marriage for a
long time, but then at the insistent pressure of the leaders of the community, due to
pregancy, she married. However people raised objections about how she could get married while
pregnant, (such marriages) being against the teachings of the Torah.
And people also question, why (Mary) breached the oath of celibacy. People
also argue about why the foundations of polygamy were laid (by this
marriage). In other words, why did Mary agree to marry Joseph, the Carpenter, despite
his already having a wife. But I (Mirza) would say that all these were
compelling circumstances. In this situation they were to be pitied rather than
considering their actions as objectionable."
(Kashti-e-Nooh, Roohani Khazain vol 19 p.18)
While coining another far-fetched theory about the Afghans being in fact
Israelites,
Mirza cunningly blended in the following such remarks that evidently disgraces Mary due
to its obvious implications. Mirza's devious grafting of Biblcal issues to his vague theories
and his subsequent concluding remarks and inferences give rise to a heinious portrait of
Jesus and his illustrious mother.
Mirza writes that:
"Mary's going out with her fiance, Joseph, before wedlock is a strong proof of this
Israelite custom. Going out with fiances amongst the noble ones in some Frontier Tribes
has exceeded the limits to such an extent that sometimes pregancy results
before wedlock but is not looked down upon."
(Ayyam-us-Sulh, Roohani Khazain vol 14 p.300)
In order to prove that Mary was unchaste and breached her covenant to remain to a celibate,
Mirza attributed six children to Mary:
"Jesus, the Messiah, had four brothers and two sisters; all of
them were his real brothers and real sisters,
I mean that they were the offspings of Joseph and Mary."
(Kashti-e-Nuh, Roohani Khazain vol 19 p.18)
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